inflect

vt. 弯曲, 使屈曲, 改变 vi. 发生弯曲变化

发音

US /ɪnˈflɛkt/
AU /ɪnˈflɛkt/

词形变化

inflected inflecting inflects 三单 inflects inflecting 现在分词 inflected 过去式 inflected 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To cause to curve inwards.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To change the tone or pitch of the voice when speaking or singing.

    及物 音乐

    The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.

  3. 3.

    To vary the form of a word to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

    及物 语言学
  4. 4.

    To be varied in the form to express tense, gender, number, mood, etc.

    不及物 语言学

    In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

tone modulate

上位词 7

talk speak mouth utter modify verbalize verbalise

下位词 5

compare decline conjugate pluralise pluralize

词源

From Latin īnflectō, from in- (“in”) + flectō (“to bend”).

来源：wiktionary